Apparatus for pasting and hanging wall-paper



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AARON HARVEY CLAY, OF POTTSGROVE TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FORPASTING AND HANGING WALL-PAPER.

Specification forming part of Letters vPatent No. 87,545, dated March 9,1869.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON HARVEY CLAY, of Pottsgrove township,Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Machinevfor Applying Wall- Paper to Walls; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction andoperation of the same, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawings, showing various perspective views,

the saine being made a part of this specification.V t

I construct my machine of tin, though any other suitable material willdo.

Drawing No. 1 represents a perspective of the upper part, the side, theends, and general elevation of the paper-hangin g machine. Its detailsare as follows: A shows the iron axlerod upon which the roll ofwall-paper is placed. Bl B2 show the two tighteners 0r guide-rollers forthe transit of wall-paper through the machine; C, semi-cylindricalpaste-reservoir; D, the end frame-pieces of paste-reservoir; E, the endframe-pieces through which the ends ot' wooden tie-rod F pass, forbinding the said end framepieces E together; G, the brass stop toprevent the iron axlerod A from slipping out when the roll oi'wall-paper is placed upon it; H, brass hook and eye for retaining theframes D and E Vtogether when the wally paper has been adjusted onaxle-rod A and on the guide-rollers B1 and B2. Y

Drawing No. 2 represents a perspective view ofthe paper-han gin gmachine when opened for the purpose of iilling the reservoir C with luidpaste, thereby exposing to view the pasting-roller J within thevsemi-cylindrical pastereservoir C. It is also opened for adjusting therollof wall-paper on the iron axle-rod A, as well as on the ixtures, ortighteners, or guide-rollers B1 andBz. Description of other details ofthis diagram is precisely the same as Drawing No. 1.

Drawing No. 3, Figure l represents a peri spective view ot' thepaper-hanging machine,

with the roll of wall-paper K K adjusted on the iron axle-rod A A, andunder the simultaneous operation of the paper, a a a, being pasted andhung on the wall L L. .The re maining description of details isprecisely the same as in Drawing N o. 1.

The pasting process and direction taken by thevwallpaper will be foundmore explanatory in the description and diagram, crosssection, DrawingNo. 3, Fig. No. 2.

DrawingNo. 3, Fig. 2, represents a crosssection ofthe paper-hangingmachine; and it will be observed in this diagram that a clear andcomprehensive view is at once conveyed, not only as to its simplemechanism, but as to the method of .conveying the paper a a a olf theroll K to its final application on the wall L.

The details are as follows: When the roll of paper K has been adjustedon the axle-rod A, and the paper a a a has commenced its adhesion to thewall L, it will be observed that by the simple pressure downward of thehandmachine generally, all the rollers will be set in motion, the papera a, a starting fromA the roll of wall-paper, K, and descending to thelirst tightener or guide-roller, B, and passing underneath it on thesurface ot' the paste-roller J, from which the paper a a a receives auniform covering of paste, and in that condition progresses toward thesecond tightener or guideroller, B2, and, slightly descending, passesunderneath said roller to its iinal exit from the hand pasting andpaper-hanging machine, at point t, to its gradual and regular adhesionto the wall L, as Fig. No. l fully illustrates. The small paste-roller M(when the 'fluid paste N gets too low in the paste-reservoir C C C)supplies all the residue paste to the large ,pasteroller J, to itsentire and inal absorption.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A peculiar combination of rollers, revolving in a reservoir, wherebypaste is uniformly applied to wall-paper while being hung upon the wall,as shown in the accompanying drawings and specification.

AARON HARVEY CLAY.

Vitnesses:

L. H. DAVIS, WM. L. WILLIAMSON.

